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The Rise In Counterfeit Supplements And How To Spot The Fakes
The demand for dietary supplements has never been higher in the health and wellness industry. Purchasing things online has become a generally-trusted normalcy. At the same time, platforms like Amazon, Walmart, and eBay allow just about anyone to sell anything at any price. Unfortunately, these phenomena have led to a surge in counterfeit supplements flooding…
Why Butyrate Matters: Health Benefits and How to Increase It Naturally
You know that your gut and gut flora have big impacts on your health, but perhaps not much about how. One of the ways includes the gut’s production of postbiotics like butyrate, acetate, and propionate. Perhaps butyrate is one of the best-studied ones for its crucial health benefits. But like any good thing, balance is…
Are Sweet Proteins A Healthy Substitute For Sugar?
Excess sugar is linked to health issues like weight gain and blood sugar imbalances. Now imagine enjoying sugar’s taste without the calories or additives—sweet proteins offer this unique advantage. Naturally derived from plants, they’re intensely sweet without extra calories and spiking your blood sugar. First-generation artificial sweeteners, and even natural options like stevia, have a…
Scientific Background and Glossary On Genetics and Nutrigenomics
Your genome is made of 46 pieces of DNA, each packaged into a chromosome. Each chromosome is like a long scroll of recipes encoded with 4 letters or base pairs, A, C, G, and T. Each part of this recipe is a gene. The sequence of these letters are called your genetic sequence. In total,…
Understanding Herbal Extracts And Ratios On Supplement Labels
Herbal products can be confusing. Not only do they come in a variety of different forms (capsules, tinctures, loose herbs, etc.), but they are often labeled with various ratios and percentages that can make knowing which products to buy even more tricky. What do all of these numbers mean? What is the difference between whole…
What Are Bacteroidetes And Firmicutes? How Can You Optimize Their Ratios?
If you’re taking probiotics and working on your gut health, you may have heard about Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, or that high Firmicutes can cause weight gain. In this article, we’ll explain to you what these are and discuss common misconceptions about these groups of bacteria.
BiOptimizers 2022 Holiday Gift Guide For Biohackers And Health Enthusiasts
In this season of gift-giving, there is nothing more valuable than the gift of health. In this article, we’ve compiled some of the best science-backed gifts to make your friends and family happy and healthier in the coming year. You’ll even find BiOptimizers-exclusive promo codes in this article.
What Are Hunger And Cravings?
What Is Hunger? Hunger is your body’s way of telling you that you need energy. Your brain signals the digestive system to start breaking down stored nutrients so they can be absorbed and used for energy. When you feel hunger, your body is telling you it needs more energy. This is because hunger is a…
Zonulin
Leaky gut can cause chronic inflammation and suboptimal performance. Zonulin is a protein that can go up when you have a leaky gut. This article will introduce zonulin and how you can address high blood zonulin.
8 Tips For Optimizing Your Blood Sugar Levels
In this article, you will learn:
- The TRUTH about glucose and how to know if you’re getting enough or too little
- 8 tips to optimize blood glucose level
- Tips to manage insulin resistance
- And much more…
Beginning Your New Diet: How To Start Keto
My keto journey started over 26 years ago, as a chubby teenager trying to lose fat and get shredded. Then, as a hardcore optimizer of all things related to my performance, ketogenic diets have always been the main tool in my toolbox. I have also coached hundreds of clients to achieve great results with keto.
How Long Does It Take for Probiotics To Work?
When introducing a new supplement, it can be difficult to tell whether you simply haven’t given it enough time or dosage or if it simply isn’t working for you. Probiotic supplements are a tricky category because the effects can be so individualized, and the timeline could differ from one purpose to the next. In some…
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The Awesome Health Podcast
Wade T. Lightheart, host of the Awesome Health Podcast, is a 3-time All Natural National Bodybuilding Champion, advisor to the American Anti-Cancer Institute, and Director of Education at BIOptimizers, one of the world’s most innovative nutritional supplement companies.
The Awesome Health Podcast reflects Wade’s passion and mission to end needless physical suffering, while helping individuals fix their digestion and transform their health.